Senator Markey has some serious concerns about President Trump's choice for the next head of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The HHS is a big deal, affecting everything from our safety to the cost of our healthcare. It's like the captain of a ship, steering us through health c
For a long time, tuberculosis (TB) cases in the US have been on a steady decline. But now, Kansas is seeing a significant surge in new cases, making it one of the largest outbreaks since the 1950s. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reported 110 active TB cases and 632 latent cas
Kansas is in the middle of a huge tuberculosis outbreak. As of January 24, there were 67 active cases and 79 latent infections reported since 2024, mainly in Wyandotte and Johnson counties near Kansas City. Jill Bronaugh, from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, called it the largest ou
In late 2019, a devastating measles outbreak hit the small Pacific island of Samoa. The death toll reached 83, with most victims being young children. Dr. Josh Green, then Hawaii's lieutenant governor and an emergency doctor, quickly organized a team and thousands of vaccine doses to help. Just a fe
Kansas is dealing with the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in U. S. history, with 67 cases of active TB and 79 cases of latent TB confirmed so far. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reported that the outbreak began in January 2024, with most cases concentrated in Wyandotte an
In Merced county, California, a duck farm has made headlines for being hit by a rare bird flu strain called H5N9. This isn't just any bird flu—it's one that's raising concerns among experts. Alongside this discovery, the more common H5N1 strain was also found on the same farm. To fight the outbreak,
In the heart of Merced County, California, a shocking discovery was made. For the first time in the United States, a rare bird flu strain known as H5N9 has hit a duck farm. The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) reported this news on January 27. But that's not all. The same farm also had th
Some federal health agencies have temporarily stopped sharing certain information, like updates on food outbreaks and flu vaccinations. This pause is part of a wider communication break ordered by the Trump administration. It gives the new team time to set up their own way of sharing important healt
Imagine suddenly losing access to the latest health advice or scientific findings from top agencies like the CDC and FDA. That’s exactly what President Trump ordered recently, instructing these agencies to go silent. No more public health advisories, website updates, or even press briefings. This "b
In the summer of 2022, a peculiar cluster of 12 cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O103:H2 was spotted by the UK Health Security Agency. This group was genetically connected and spread across different regions. By analyzing what people had eaten, cheese, especially an unpasteurized brie-s
